The Ocean Energy and Safety Institute (OESI) awarded Dr. Emmanuel Branlard, Associate Professor in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at UMass Amherst, a $304,951 grant to conduct research on the project titled, “Health monitoring of offshore wind turbines using physics-based digital …

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“Dr. Alessandro Sabato (UMass Lowell – Mechanical and Industrial Engineering), has received the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation for his project titled: “CAREER: Enhancing Measurements of Dynamic Features in Large-Scale Structures via Three-Dimensional …

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ARROW is pleased to announce that Emeritus Professor Jim Manwell will be joining the department of Civil Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as an Adjunct Professor.  Manwell was the founding director of the UMass Amherst Wind Energy Center, and …

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Sanjay Arwade, Director of the ARROW OSW Center, presented as part of a panel on “The Role of Research Institutions in Advancing Energy Innovation” at the Avangrid Innovation Forum in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 2, 2025.  Avangrid, Inc., a leading …

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Ireland's first and only operational offshore wind farm at the Arklow Bank Wind Park (Phase 1), off the coast of Arklow, Co. Wicklow. Constructed in 2003/04, the seven wind turbines have a capacity of 25.2 MW and they are owned and operated by GE Energy. By Neil Michael (16.11.21)

This past week, we launched FLEx, our Faculty Learning Exchange program. FLEx connects faculty from ARROW institutions nationwide, fostering collaboration through shared expertise, best practices, and course materials—all aimed at strengthening the offshore wind (OSW) education landscape. To kick things …

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